Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE17299: Direct effects of IFNα on human CD8 T cells_without any other concomitant signals GSE17301: The effect of IFNα on human CD8 T cells_with other concomitant signals Refer to individual Series
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of human mesenchymal stem cells comparing normoxic MSCs cells with hypoxic MSCs cells. Hypoxia may inhibit senescence of MSCs during expansion. Goal was to determine the effects of hypoxia on global MSCs gene expression. Overall design: Two-condition experiment, Normoxic MSCs vs. Hypoxic MSCs.
Project description:Kynureninase is a member of a large family of catalytically diverse but structurally homologous pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) dependent enzymes known as the aspartate aminotransferase superfamily or alpha-family. The Homo sapiens and other eukaryotic constitutive kynureninases preferentially catalyze the hydrolytic cleavage of 3-hydroxy-l-kynurenine to produce 3-hydroxyanthranilate and l-alanine, while l-kynurenine is the substrate of many prokaryotic inducible kynureninases. The human enzyme was cloned with an N-terminal hexahistidine tag, expressed, and purified from a bacterial expression system using Ni metal ion affinity chromatography. Kinetic characterization of the recombinant enzyme reveals classic Michaelis-Menten behavior, with a Km of 28.3 +/- 1.9 microM and a specific activity of 1.75 micromol min-1 mg-1 for 3-hydroxy-dl-kynurenine. Crystals of recombinant kynureninase that diffracted to 2.0 A were obtained, and the atomic structure of the PLP-bound holoenzyme was determined by molecular replacement using the Pseudomonas fluorescens kynureninase structure (PDB entry 1qz9) as the phasing model. A structural superposition with the P. fluorescens kynureninase revealed that these two structures resemble the "open" and "closed" conformations of aspartate aminotransferase. The comparison illustrates the dynamic nature of these proteins' small domains and reveals a role for Arg-434 similar to its role in other AAT alpha-family members. Docking of 3-hydroxy-l-kynurenine into the human kynureninase active site suggests that Asn-333 and His-102 are involved in substrate binding and molecular discrimination between inducible and constitutive kynureninase substrates.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of human mesenchymal stem cells comparing normoxic MSCs cells with hypoxic MSCs cells. Hypoxia may inhibit senescence of MSCs during expansion. Goal was to determine the effects of hypoxia on global MSCs gene expression. Two-condition experiment, Normoxic MSCs vs. Hypoxic MSCs.
Project description:IFNα-mediated gene expression pattern. Direct effects of IFNα on human CD8 T cells without any other concomitant signal. This analysis examined the direct effects of IFNa on human CD8 T cells without any other concomitant signal. Total human CD8 T cells were magnetically sorted from peripheral blood by negative selection. In order to minimize the presence of antigen-experienced cells, total human CD8 T cells were depleted of CD45RO+ cells by labelling with anti-CD45RO magnetic bead. In both steps of cellular sorting, negative selection were preferred to positive selection to avoid direct labelling of CD8 T cell surface molecules could interfere with downstream IFNa-mediated signalling. Magnetically sorted untouched human CD8+CD45R0- T cells from three different donors were unstimulated or stimulated with IFNa2b or IFNa5 and cells were harvested 7 hours later. mRNAs from the 3 subjects were pooled and analyzed using Affymetrix human HG-U133A 2.0 array gene chips Fold-change ≥ 2 criterion was used to identify genes which expression differed between treatment and control (unstimulated cells). Keywords: Gene expression pattern analysis Magnetically sorted untouched CD8+CD45R0-T cells mRNA pooled sample from three different donors unstimulated or stimulated with IFN alfa 2b or IFN alfa 5 for 7 hours.
Project description:Gene methylation profiling of immortalized human mesenchymal stem cells comparing HPV E6/E7-transfected MSCs cells with human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT)- and HPV E6/E7-transfected MSCs. hTERT may increase gene methylation in MSCs. Goal was to determine the effects of different transfected genes on global gene methylation in MSCs. Overall design: Two-condition experiment, KP MSCs vs. 3A6 MSCs.
Project description:Gene methylation profiling of immortalized human mesenchymal stem cells comparing HPV E6/E7-transfected MSCs cells with human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT)- and HPV E6/E7-transfected MSCs. hTERT may increase gene methylation in MSCs. Goal was to determine the effects of different transfected genes on global gene methylation in MSCs. Two-condition experiment, KP MSCs vs. 3A6 MSCs.
Project description:IFNα-mediated gene expression pattern. Direct effects of IFNα on human CD8 T cells without any other concomitant signal. This analysis examined the direct effects of IFNa on human CD8 T cells without any other concomitant signal. Total human CD8 T cells were magnetically sorted from peripheral blood by negative selection. In order to minimize the presence of antigen-experienced cells, total human CD8 T cells were depleted of CD45RO+ cells by labelling with anti-CD45RO magnetic bead. In both steps of cellular sorting, negative selection were preferred to positive selection to avoid direct labelling of CD8 T cell surface molecules could interfere with downstream IFNa-mediated signalling. Magnetically sorted untouched human CD8+CD45R0- T cells from three different donors were unstimulated or stimulated with IFNa2b or IFNa5 and cells were harvested 7 hours later. mRNAs from the 3 subjects were pooled and analyzed using Affymetrix human HG-U133A 2.0 array gene chips Fold-change ≥ 2 criterion was used to identify genes which expression differed between treatment and control (unstimulated cells). Keywords: Gene expression pattern analysis Overall design: Magnetically sorted untouched CD8+CD45R0-T cells mRNA pooled sample from three different donors unstimulated or stimulated with IFN alfa 2b or IFN alfa 5 for 7 hours.
Project description:Recent developmental studies demonstrate that early fossil hominins possessed shorter growth periods than living humans, implying disparate life histories. Analyses of incremental features in teeth provide an accurate means of assessing the age at death of developing dentitions, facilitating direct comparisons with fossil and modern humans. It is currently unknown when and where the prolonged modern human developmental condition originated. Here, an application of x-ray synchrotron microtomography reveals that an early Homo sapiens juvenile from Morocco dated at 160,000 years before present displays an equivalent degree of tooth development to modern European children at the same age. Crown formation times in the juvenile's macrodont dentition are higher than modern human mean values, whereas root development is accelerated relative to modern humans but is less than living apes and some fossil hominins. The juvenile from Jebel Irhoud is currently the oldest-known member of Homo with a developmental pattern (degree of eruption, developmental stage, and crown formation time) that is more similar to modern H. sapiens than to earlier members of Homo. This study also underscores the continuing importance of North Africa for understanding the origins of human anatomical and behavioral modernity. Corresponding biological and cultural changes may have appeared relatively late in the course of human evolution.